Extreme Procrastination

[The Emperor Fabulous]

I've been out of school since last Saturday, about 8 days now. I don't go back until Jan 20th.

I already have my grades.

...though I don't mean to rub anything in Orange

[Urban Ranger]

I thought I was bad

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by orange
I think it is partially because I write solid papers. I don't mean to gloat, but most of the papers of colleagues and friends that I read over are horrible. I feel like mine are outstanding in their structure, content, citations, and how well they read...and that's what my professors tell me over and over, but that familiar structure is just becoming so bland and uninteresting to me as the writer. I just feel like I'm vomitting the same words onto the page that I always do, even though I recognize that I'm not in fact doing this.

Absolutely. I was in your exact situation a year ago. Its not worth it.

Vomitting words on a page (which describes it well) prepares you for nothing in the real world. You aren't learning anything in college besides the fact that you should deny yourself all self-respect so you can slave away for a $120,000 piece of paper at the end of 4 years.

I was going mad writing papers, and I lost all concern for quality. I just wanted the torture to be over. I turned in the same paper (which I thought was garbage to begin with) for 5 different classes over the span of a year and a half. Got decent marks each time amazingly, but not a paper to be proud of. These are the things these stupid college papers push students to.

Its not worth it.

Just quit, find something better to do with your life. I did, and now I go on CNN and speak to audiences instead of vomit words on a page. Oh, and when I do want to write something of quality, I get it published, I don't submit it for the approval of a professor.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by OzzyKP
You aren't learning anything in college besides the fact that you should deny yourself all self-respect so you can slave away for a $120,000 piece of paper at the end of 4 years.

Some of us actually learned something in uni. No really, it's just what you make of it. Sure, you can learn the stuff yourself, but at a college you have access to a lot more resources and you can ask questions.

Originally posted by OzzyKP
Just quit, find something better to do with your life.

That does not seem like such a hot advice to me...

Originally posted by OzzyKP
I did, and now I go on CNN and speak to audiences instead of vomit words on a page.

And Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard after a year - but there's only one Bill Gates. Statistically, a person is much better off with a college degree than without, so why throw it away?

[Lefty Scaevola]

"If we made procrastination an 'extreme' sport, I'd be king of the world at it - that is, if I could be arsed to enter my name.
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Be sure to include this on all your resumes.